Foster Genetics

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Across
  1. 2. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically belonging to a person
  2. 7. the basic unit of heredity, a segment of DNA that contains the instructions for building a specific protein, ultimately influencing an organism's trait
  3. 9. the two alleles an organism has inherited for a particular gene
  4. 11. either two upper case (big) letters or two lower case (small) letters
  5. 12. both alleles are partially expressed in an intermediate phenotype
Down
  1. 1. one upper case (big) letter and one lower case (small) letter
  2. 3. the passing on of physical characteristics genetically from one generation to another
  3. 4. A different version of a gene that determines a specific trait
  4. 5. an observable trait
  5. 6. TWO alleles are needed for the trait to be expressed. Two lower case (small) letters
  6. 8. both alleles of a gene are distinctly expressed
  7. 10. Only ONE allele is needed for the trait to be expressed. Only need one upper case (big) letter